Jana Lauren (born 28 June 1970) is a retired
German
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discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
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She won the silver medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships, representing East Germany, and finished sixth at the
1994 European Championships. She competed at the
1995 World Championships, but did not progress from the qualification round.
Her personal best throw was 66.30 metres, achieved in June 1989 in
Karl-Marx-Stadt
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 28th largest city of Germany as ...
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References
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1970 births
Living people
East German female discus throwers
German female discus throwers
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